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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

Those openings in a wall which are made rather for the admission of light than to look out of.

6 J. B. Moore 47; 9 Bingh. 306.

See Ancient Lights. Lamps carried on board vessels, under statutory regulations or otherwise, for the purpose of preventing collisions at night. Lamps or lights placed in lighthouses, or other conspicuous positions, as aids to navigation at night. See Navigation Rules. LIGNAGIUM (from the Lat. Ugnor, to get fuel). The right which a person has to cut or gather fuel out of the woods; sometimes it is said to signify a pecuniary payment due for the same.

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